Pick.



E. TERRY.

PICK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1908.

902,627. Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

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-vide a hand tool which may be more efiect- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE TERRY, OF lTHACA, NEW YORK, IASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOLUCIEN AUGUSTUS WAIT, OF ITHAOA, NEW YORK.

PICK.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

Application filed June 9, 1908. Serial No. 437,474.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE TERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ithaca, in the county of Tompkins and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Picks, of which the following is a full, clear, and-exact description, such as will enable'others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in\ implements in the natureof hand tools, such as picks, axes, hammers, sledges and .similari One of the objects thereof is toprovide an implement of the above character which. will possess the qualities ofefficiency and durability to a higher degree than have similar implementsas hithertoconstructed.

Another object of the invention is to proively used-by a workman and with less taxupon his energy, due to the fact that jars which are caused by the contact of the implement with the work are substantially eliminated.

A further object of the pre. ent'in'vention is to provide a construction. whereby the handles maybe more firmly secured to the body portions or heads, and wherein there is less liability of said parts becoming loose or detached through decay.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts, which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and the scope of. the application of which will be indicated in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing wherein there is illustrated one of the various possible embodiments of my invention, Figure 1 is a view in elevation thereof. Fig. 2 is a similar view of a slightly different embodiment of the invention.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several figures of the drawing.

The handle of the pick is indicated at l,

' said-handle being preferably constructed of wood, as is usual in such implements. This handle termlnates short of the head 2, as shown, and is connected therewith by means of a pair of members or arms 3 and 4. These arms are preferably constructed of spring metal, and have their upper ends fitted to a portion of the lower end of the handle and are firmly secured thereto, as by means of bolts or rivets such as shown at 5. These arms, as shown, diverge slightly from their points of engagement with the handle, and have their lower ends offset as 6, said 'ofi'set portions lying .in contact with the head, and are secured thereto by means of clamp screws 7 threaded into the head or, if

desired, by bolts or rivets passing entirely through the pick head or they may be secured thereto by welding or-by any other effective means.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings a slightly different embodiment of the invention is shown,in that thespriiig arms 3 and 4 are integrally connected at their lower ends, the part-connecting said arms lying in contact with the head. and being secured thereto as by means of clamp screws 8 or by bolts or rivets passing entirely through the head or by welding or any other effective means.

The offsets of the arms will preferably be embedded in the'pickhead so as to form shoulders which will relieve the bolts or rivets when striking with either end of the pickhcad as shown in the drawings.

In the use of the pickwhich is shown herein as a typical embodiment of my'invention, the spring arms which are interposed between the handle and the head will operate to pre-' vent any jar from reachingtheuser, by absorbing the vibration of the handle when the pick is swung against the work.

Another advantage inherent in the present construction, resides in the'fact that in asmuch as the handle is not extended through the pickheadyas is usual in such constructions, the liability of the same to become decayed and therefore loosened in its socket is entirely eliminated. Further, it will-be obvious that by reason of the resilience or flexibility of the connection of the handle with the head, the points of the pick will retain their sharp edges for a longer period of time than have-the points of plcks as heretofore constructed. Another apparentadvantage is that the points being readily detachable from one another, a broken or otherwise disarranged part may be discarded and a new part substituted without a loss of the entire implement.

,be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense/ i It is also to be understood that the language used in the followin claims is intended to cover all of the genericand specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween;

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an implementof the class described, in combination, a handle extending towards said blade and terminating short of the same,

apair of diver 'ent spring arms secured to said handle, an means for securing the op posite ends of said arms to said head.

2. The herein described improvement in resilient arms, the upper ends of which partially embrace the lower end of said handle,

means for fastening said arms securely to said handle,'the lower ends of sald arms being offset to engage said head, and bolts or similar means for securing ofisetportions of the arms to the head. a v

3. In a tool of the class described, in combination, a head provided With one or more recesses, a handle terminating short of said head, and a pair of d vergent 'resillent arms secured to said handle and hav ng their lower ends lying in said recessesand secured to said head. 1

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in the presence of two w tnesses.

EUGENE TERRY.

Witnesses: I ELLA DRAKE, ANNA L. DRAKE. 

